Probing the mechanisms underlying the mitigation of cognitive aging with anodal transcranial direct current stimulation

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1397-1399

  Kar, Kohitij ^a   Wright, Jessica ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation; Bold; Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Cognitive aging; Regional cerebral blood flow

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; AGING; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN METABOLISM; CALIBRATION; CELL METABOLISM; CEREBRAL METABOLIC RATE OF OXYGEN; COGNITION; COGNITIVE AGING; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; PRECUNEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; BRAIN; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

BRAIN; COGNITION; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE NET; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84900814932     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00736.2013     Document Type: Article

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